Everton unveiled an expensive new recruit before kick-off and welcomed back Dominic Calvert-Lewin for the first time in four months but any thoughts of a fresh start for Rafael Benítez were quashed by Brighton’s first ever victory at Goodison Park.Grah…
Stuart Dallas and Dan James power Leeds to victory over struggling Burnley
Leeds United moved eight points clear of the Premier League relegation zone after a thoroughly deserved victory against a Burnley side who remain entrenched in the bottom three.Second-half goals from Stuart Dallas and Dan James were enough to consign B…
Never mind England’s misery, celebrate Australia’s Ashes brilliance | Sam Perry
Australia won the Ashes in twelve days playing superb cricket, despite starting the series under pressureHave Australia been good or have England been bad? Obviously, this is the only way to analyse the Ashes. And it allows us to fling open the door to…
Lost your get up and go? Here’s how to get it back
After a lifetime of loving exercise, Martin Love lost his motivation. But where had it gone? And could he get it back? Plus, five experts on how to maintain your mojoOn my parents’ mantelpiece, among the pictures of smiling grandchildren, lopsided grad…
Premier League fans’ January transfer window wish lists
Dusan Vlahovic to Spurs? Raphinha to Liverpool? Supporters set out their hopes for the monthAfter a surprisingly lavish summer it’s hard to see Silent Stan sliding down the chimney with a bag full of swag for a January blowout. But, unless Gabriel Mart…
Commonwealth Games 2022: how Birmingham’s big event is shaping up
The first major international multisport event with spectators since the start of the pandemic is an exciting prospectWith more than one million tickets sold, a host of star athletes signed up, more than 41,000 volunteer applications received and dozen…
‘The respect of everyone’: how Ray Illingworth won the Ashes
Current England team could learn a lot from the gutsy captain who triumphed against the odds in 1970-71As Joe Root has discovered, an Ashes tour to Australia can unspool as precipitously as a ball of wool bounding down a fire escape. Five England teams…
Jason and Laura Kenny become knight and dame in sport’s New Year honours
Emma Raducanu made an MBE after US Open triumphTom Daley and Hannah Cockroft recognised with OBEsBritain’s Olympic and Paralympic heroes from Tokyo dominate the New Year honours list, with golden couple Jason and Laura Kenny receiving a knighthood and …
Liverpool ‘have to be perfect’ to keep Manchester City in sight, admits Klopp
Liverpool nine points behind City as trip to Chelsea loomsJürgen Klopp: ‘the problem is City’s quality, not motivation’Having been there, done that, just fallen short and finally succeeded, Jürgen Klopp knows exactly what it takes to compete with Manch…
New year honours feature Covid experts with Chris Whitty knighted
Tennis player Emma Raducanu, Olympians and Paralympians, and actor Daniel Craig also among 1,122 people receiving awards Leading figures of science and medicine during the coronavirus pandemic have been feted in the Queen’s new year honours list, inclu…